Late Paleozoic strike-slip shear zones in eastern central Asia (NW China): New structural and geochronological data

Tectonics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Laurent Charvet, Sebastien ^a   Charvet, Jaques ^a   Monié, Patrick ^b   Shu, Liangshu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Geochronology; Paleozoic; Strike slip; Structures

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEOZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

(NORTHWEST); CHINA;

EID: 0042069911     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC901047     Document Type: Article

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